Network‐Assisted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication for Smart Monitoring of Lockdown

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, commonly called coronavirus, has caused serious problems in society leading to the deaths of many people, affecting businesses, jobs, and education all over the globe. Social distancing, and avoiding group gathering and physical contact are the potential solutions to reduce the spread of the virus. In this chapter, we exploit the benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) deployed as aerial base stations (ABSs) or relays for terrestrial communication, crowd surveillance, and monitoring as the key aspect to enable social distancing restrictions.